WaWachaña, deliveries in the roof of the world

Bolivia has one of the highest maternal and child mortality rate of Latin America. On 2013, 230 deceased women and 36 babies were registered for every 100 thousand born. One of the main mother death causes is hemorrhage during labour. This is caused by the lack of medical conditions since many women give birth on their homes. There is a high rate of the population who does not trust western medicine and doesn't go to hospitals to follow their pregnancy or to give birth. But in the past few years some hospitals have developed some conditioned rooms according to the indigenous traditions, where doctors and midwives work along to help women who does not trust western medicine to start going to hospitals. Thanks to measures like these the rate of maternal and child death has decreased within the past three years.

Elsa Quispe Row next to her baby one day after the birth. Elsa had the baby at home with the help of her husband Eduardo Row Apaza, she did not trust the hospital medication. She have five other children, all born at home.